Shelving-sack



1. MARCHLENSKI.

SHELVING RACK. APPLICATION FILED DEc.2. 1.918.

1,303,094. Patented May 6, 1919.

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J. MARCHLENSKI.

SHELVING RACK. APPLICATION FILED pEc.2, 1918.

Patented May 6, 1919.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 6, 1919.

Application filed December 2, 1918. Serial No'. 264,893.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN Manci-minnen, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Wheeling, county of Ohio, and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shelving-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates broadly to store furiiture, and more specifically to a shelving rac The primary object of the invention is to provide a portable shelf-carrying display rack designed particularly for use as a cake rack for stores, and which may be employed in any place where shelf room is required.

A further object is to provide a rack of the character mentioned which, when not in use, may be folded to occupy relatively small space, as for storage purposes.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in the features of construction, arrangement of parts and combinations of elements which will hereinafter be specifically described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the invention in which the' parts are shown occupying their normal extended positions;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 22, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the invention, folded;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of a removable shelf;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of a shelf-supporting cross-head; and- Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the joint provided at-the upper ends of the standards of the frame. Y v

Referring to said drawings, in which like designating characters distinguish like parts throughout the several views--v Y 1 and 2 indicate, respectively, the front and rear upright standards of a frame member of which there are two located at a suit-- able distance apart. The standards 1 and 2- of each frame member are rigidly connected by a plurality of cross-heads 3 which are relatively spaced to correspond with the spacing desired for the shelves to be sustained thereby. Said cross-heads may be mounted in any appropriate manner, but, except the topmost crosshead 3, preferably have end tenons 4 set in mortises provided therefer in said standards, as shownd The said topmost crosshead'3a has its ends mortised for the reception of tenons 5 formed on the upper ends of the standards, as is most clearly shown in Fig. 6. l

Each of the cross-heads 3 has itsinner edge projecting laterally from betweenthe standards 1 and 2 by which it is Carried. A projecting seating-ledge 6' is formed on said lateral edge for the 'reception of an end of a removable main shelf 7 which extendshori- Zontally between the framekmembers. Said ledge 6 is formed by rabbeting the inner upper face of the cross-head to a depth corresponding with the thickness of the end of the shelf 7 which is to rest thereon.

Attached tothe lowermost cross-heads 3 by means of hinges 8 is a horizontal upwardly-foldable vbrace member 9 which con stitutes a part of the frame and which serves to normally maintain the lower ends of the opposite upright frame members rigidly in extended relation.v A second brace-member 10 similar to said member 9 hasthe topmost shelf 7 rigidly mounted thereon.' The opposite ends of said shelf 7 are hinged to the topmost cross-heads 3, as shown at 11. Each of said braces 9y and 10 vis composed of two sections of equal length connected at their abutting ends by hinges 12 which permit'of the upward folding of said sections to approximately the positions shown in Fig. 3.

,i Said shelves 7 seat loosely upon the ledges 6 with short end-tongues 13 formed thereon projected slightly within and closely fitting the space between ythe standards 1 and 2 whereby lateral displacement of said shelves is prevented. As is obvious, the various shelves 7 must be removed before folding of the braces `9 and 10 can occur.

Attached to each of said cross-heads 3 and 3a at the outer lateral edge of the latter by means of hinges ll'are the inner ends of upwardly folding end-shelves 15 each of which has its outer end attached by hinges 16 to an upright end wall 17, .ln the normal; lowered, or horizontal, position of p saidr endA shelves the lowermost thereof rests upon the top of a laterally extending bracket 18 which is rigidly carried by the opposite framemem- 1 for a considerable economy in space. Vhile the end-shelves are herein shown as of relatively short length, it is evident that the same may be of any greater or lesser length desired.

A bar 20 composed of two folding sections hinged together, as at 2l, may be provided as a finishing rail, as shown in Figs. l and 2, the same having its ends hinged upon supporting posts 22 mounted upon the upper portions of the standards 2. WVhen the bar 20 is employed, end rails 23 may also be hinged at their inner ends to said posts. As is obvious, said rails 2O and 23 areJ upwardly foldable so that folding of the rack parts hereinbefore described will in no way be interfered with.

The rack herein described is especially adapted for the reception of the cake and cracker containers or boxes commonly employed in retail groceries and bake shops, but may manifestly be used for displaying various other goods. When the device is used as a raclr Vfor cake boxes, a plate 24 is preferably pivoted adjacent to one of its ends on the under side of one of the shelves 7, the same normally occupying a position in closely underlying relation to said shelf, as shown in Figs. l and 2, and being adapted to be swung outward to occupy the dotted-line position shown in Fig. 4. In its outwardly swung, or extended, position said plate may be employed as a support for a box withdrawn from the rack While contents are being removed from the boX.

It will be understood that the foregoing description and the drawin s have reference to what may be consi ered the preferred form of my invention. I reserve the right to make such changes or modifications in the form and arrangement of parts as may prove expedient and properly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is- 1. lA folding shelving rack comprising upright supports, shelves demountably supported between said supports, upper and lower horizontal brace members having hinged connection at opposite ends with said supports, said members being composed of hinged sections which are foldable upwardly to permit said supports to approach each other, end shelves hinged at their inner ends to said supports, an end wall having hinged connection with the outer ends of said end shelves andsupported by the latter, said end shelves and said end wall being foldable upward and inward toward the adjacent support.

2. A folding shelving rack comprising upright supports, shelves demountably supported between said supports, upper and lower horizontal brace members having hin ed connection at opposite ends with sai l supports, said members being composed of hinged sections which are foldable upwardly to permit said supports to approach each other, end shelves hinged at their inner ends to said supports, an end wall having hinged connection with the outer ends of said end shelves and supported by the latter, said end shelves and said end wall being foldable upward and inward toward the adjacent support, and means for supporting said end shelves in horizontal position.

3. A folding shelving rack comprising upright supports, shelves demountably supported between said supports, upper and lower horizontal brace members having 'hinged connection at opposite ends with said supports, said members being composed of hinged sections which are foldable upwardly to permit said supports to approach each other, end shelves hinged at their inner ends to said supports, an end wall having hinged connection with the outer ends of said end shelves and supported by the latter, said end shelves and said end wall being foldable upward and inward toward the adjacent support, and brackets carried by said support and underlying the lowermost of said end shelves when the latter occupy horizontal position for supporting said end shelves and said end wall.

d. A folding shelving rack comprising two opposite frame members, each of said members including front and rear upright standards, cross-heads rigidlyconnecting the standards of each frame member, shelves interposed between said frame members and having their ends removably seated upon said cross-heads, sectional brace members having hingedconnection at opposite ends with said frame members, the sections of said brace members being hinged together to permit upward folding thereof, end shelves having hinged connection with said frame members, and an upright member having hinged connection with each set of end shelves.

5. A folding shelving rack comprising two opposite frame members, each of said members including front and rear upri ht standards, cross-heads rigidly connecting the standards of each frame member, said cross-heads having inwardlyV projecting ledges, shelves interposed between said frame members and having their ends ren'xovably seated upon said ledges, sectional brace members having hinged connection at opposite ends with said frame members, the

sections of said brace members being hinged together to permit upward folding thereof, end shelves having hinged connection with said frame members, and an `upright member having hinged connection with each set of end shelves.

6. A foldino' shelving rack comprising two opposite fi'ame members, each of said members including front and rear upright standards, cross-heads rigidly' connecting the standards of each `frame member, said eross-heads having inwardly projecting ledges, shelves interposed between said frame members and having their ends removably seated upon said ledges, said shelf ends having short tongues which fit between the standards of each frame member, see tional brace members having hinged connection at opposite ends with said frame members, the sections of said brace members Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the being hinged together to permit upward folding thereof, end shelves having hinged connection with said frame members, and

an upright member having hinged eonnec- 15 tion with each set of end shelves.

In testimony whereof, I afiX my signature in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN MARGHLENSKI. Witnesses:

H. E. DUNLAP, W. F. KEEFER.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

